name: Sesbania Flower

flavor_db_name_variants: sesbania flower

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Sesbania flower

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name_scientific: Sesbania bispinosa

description: The legume Sesbania bispinosa, also known as Sesbania aculeata (Willd.) Pers., is a small tree in the genus Sesbania. The flower is the provincial flower of Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province, Thailand. It is an annual shrub which can grow to seven metres in height but usually only reaches one to two metres. It sends out fibrous, pithy stems with long leaves and bears purple-spotted yellow flowers. It produces pods which contain light brown beans. The plant has a great number of uses, including as green manure, rice straw, wood and fodder.

itis_id: 505187

wikipedia_id: Sesbania_bispinosa

picture_file_name: 479.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 144173

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:40:59.000Z

legacy_id: 506

food_group: Vegetables

food_subgroup: Other vegetables

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:44.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:25.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 485725

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00469